diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d05c5cda02..eb519aada9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ if(GIT_FOUND AND NOT DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION)
 		OUTPUT_VARIABLE DOLPHIN_WC_DESCRIBE
 		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
-	# remove hash from description
-	STRING(REGEX REPLACE "-[^-]+((-dirty)?)$" "\\1" DOLPHIN_WC_DESCRIBE "${DOLPHIN_WC_DESCRIBE}")
+	# remove hash (and trailing "-0" if needed) from description
+	STRING(REGEX REPLACE "(-0)?-[^-]+((-dirty)?)$" "\\2" DOLPHIN_WC_DESCRIBE "${DOLPHIN_WC_DESCRIBE}")
 
 	# defines DOLPHIN_WC_BRANCH
 	EXECUTE_PROCESS(WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js b/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
index 46ac598b84..f2978987dc 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ var describe	= GetFirstStdOutLine(gitexe + cmd_describe);
 var branch		= GetFirstStdOutLine(gitexe + cmd_branch);
 var isMaster    = +("master" == branch);
 
-// remove hash from description
-describe = describe.replace(/-[^-]+(-dirty)?$/, '$1');
-describe = describe.replace("-0","")
+// remove hash (and trailing "-0" if needed) from description
+describe = describe.replace(/(-0)?-[^-]+(-dirty)?$/, '$2');
 
 var out_contents =
 	"#define SCM_REV_STR \"" + revision + "\"\n" +